The gloomy figures were the latest in a slew of data suggesting that higher base rates are starting to bite

Gary Duncan, Economics Editor

A further rise in interest rates on Thursday remains odds-on, City economists said today, despite fresh evidence that four increases in borrowing costs since last August are starting to sap consumer demand.

Output across retailing and wholesaling tumbled by 1.6 per cent in April, in the

sharpest plunge suffered by the distribution sector in almost three-and-a-half years,

The gloomy figures were the latest in a slew of data suggesting that higher base rates are starting to bite

Gary Duncan, Economics Editor

A further rise in interest rates on Thursday remains odds-on, City economists said today, despite fresh evidence that four increases in borrowing costs since last August are starting to sap consumer demand.

Output across retailing and wholesaling tumbled by 1.6 per cent in April, in the

sharpest plunge suffered by the distribution sector in almost three-and-a-half years,

official figures showed this morning.

Could Gordon's miracle be at an end?

blah blah please dont put rates up, times are 'ard blah blah

thursday noon : HOLD

12.01pm Yipee!! never had it so good, high street is booming blah blah

The gloomy figures were the latest in a slew of data suggesting that higher base rates are starting to bite

Gary Duncan, Economics Editor

A further rise in interest rates on Thursday remains odds-on, City economists said today, despite fresh evidence that four increases in borrowing costs since last August are starting to sap consumer demand.

Output across retailing and wholesaling tumbled by 1.6 per cent in April, in the

sharpest plunge suffered by the distribution sector in almost three-and-a-half years,

official figures showed this morning.

Could Gordon's miracle be at an end?

"tumbled by 1.6 per cent"?

I think a more appropriate analogy would be "scuffed its shoe slightly by 1.6 per cent"